sitter

baby-sitter, custode

Persona pagata per occuparsi di bambini, animali domestici o una casa durante l’assenza dei genitori o del proprietario.

In inglese semplice: Someone paid to look after children, pets, or a home while the owner or parent is away.

• We need a sitter tonight.
• The pet sitter fed our cats while we were away.
• Have you booked a sitter for Saturday?

Sinonimi: babysitter, carer, caretaker

Espressioni comuni: hire a sitter, pet sitter, house sitter, find a sitter

modello, persona seduta

Persona che sta seduta, soprattutto mentre un artista la dipinge o disegna.

In inglese semplice: A person who sits, especially while an artist paints or draws them.

• The sitter remained still.
• The artist asked her sitter to turn his head.
• Several sitters posed for the photographer that morning.

Come si usa: sitter for someone (She was a frequent sitter for the portrait painter.)

Sinonimi: model

Espressioni comuni: portrait sitter, sitter for someone, patient sitter

soggiorno, salotto

Stanza della casa in cui ci si siede insieme e ci si rilassa.

In inglese semplice: A room in a home where people sit together and relax.

• We had tea in the sitter.
• Their small sitter had two armchairs and a fireplace.
• The front sitter overlooked the garden.

Sinonimi: living room, sitting room, lounge

Espressioni comuni: cozy sitter, front sitter, in the sitter

partecipante a una seduta spiritica

Persona che partecipa a un incontro per comunicare con i morti, senza guidare il contatto.

In inglese semplice: Someone attending a meeting to contact the dead, who does not lead the contact.

• Each sitter joined the circle.
• The medium asked every sitter to remain quiet.
• One sitter believed the message came from her grandmother.

Sinonimi: participant

Espressioni comuni: seance sitter, quiet sitter, sitter beside someone